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Essential Question: What were the important characteristics of the civilizations in Mesopotamia? Warm-Up Question: Why was the Neolithic Revolution such a big deal? Which of the 5 characteristics of civilizations do you think is most important?

River Valley Civilizations The discovery of farming during the Neolithic Revolution allowed nomadic people to settle into civilizations

The world’s first civilizations all began in river valleys The first civilization began in an area known as Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia means “land between the rivers” & is often called the “Fertile Crescent” or as the “Cradle of Civilization” The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flooded once per year, leaving behind fertile soil ideal for farming

The first civilization developed in the Fertile Crescent: Sumer But, surrounding deserts & the lack of natural barriers attracted outsiders to Mesopotamia made the Sumerians vulnerable to attack

Lasting Contributions Advanced cities: Sumerian city-states were protected by high walls At the city center was a temple called a ziggurat

Lasting Contributions Specialized Workers: At the top of society were priests, and then kings In the middle were skilled workers, like merchants At the bottom, were common farmers & slaves

Lasting Contributions Religion: Sumerians & Babylonians were polytheistic The Hebrews in Palestine were the 1st monotheistic faith in history (Judaism) The holy book of Judaism is the Torah; God gave Moses the Ten Commandments which serve as moral laws

Lasting Contributions Government: Babylonian King Hammurabi created the first legal code Hammurabi’s Code had 282 laws based on justice & retaliation (an eye for an eye) The code had different punishments for the various levels of society

Lasting Contributions

Lasting Contributions Writing: Sumerians made the world’s 1st writing called cuneiform Phoenicians simplified cuneiform to a 22 letter alphabet Phoenician merchants spread the alphabet throughout the Mediterranean world The alphabet influenced Greek, Latin, & English

Lasting Contributions Technology: Sumerians inventions include the wheel, sail, plow, & bronze metalwork